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about the chance, one in a million, circumstances I experienced 14 months ago, in having Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr MERGE with Zorin OS9 to become a new Distro. Initially I called it Zorbuntu, then renamed it TimNet. You could start at page 1, where the link takes you, or start at page 8 and work back, up to you.

My early New Year's Resolution is to get this bugger into a workable shape, if possible, to "get it out there", as eg No. 340 on Distrowatch. Earning Dollars and cents is not an issue - I would have to get into Server technology or something to make a buck. It's just something I want to do, to help others find the best from their Linux Experience.

My (long-suffering) wife and I live in a Linux household, running multiple Distros - currently 14 on three computers, and more to come.

So I am starting to get a good idea, I think, of what different Distros have to offer, what you can expect to be across the board, what is individual to a Distro, love it or hate it. What you have to learn or re-learn moving from one to the other. RPM-based compared to Debian-based or other. You get the picture.

Two words or phrases that spring to my mind at the moment are:

Numlock - I like the OS to remember my choice from last time whether Numlock is on or off. Some do and some don't. This used to apply just to desktops, but now a number of laptops (including this Toshiba Satellite I am writing from) incorporate a keypad. My passwords have both numeric and alpha characters in them, and so it is useful for me to have Numlock on.

Grub Menu at start, and "time is up, boot" - Using multiple Distros as I do, I notice that every time I put a new Distro on, the newbie usurps the position of the Distro that previously lead the leaderboard, and takes Number 1 spot - numero uno. What if I don't want that? What if I wanted it to be, at Number 3, or Number 4? A lot of Distros give you the option of 10 seconds to make up your mind, Sabayon goes for 3 seconds, gotta be quick, but it's now at 2nd spot since I put Linux Mint 17.3 "Rosa", Mate, on, yesterday

Installer - Can you walk away for a coffee or a pee, or do you have to sit there in case it prompts you for interactive input? And for how long?

OK I lied that's 4 or more issues, if you count them.

With 2., above - I know I can install and use Grub Customizer, or edit grub config, to make some modifications, to customise, but what if I want this just straight out of the box?

So you have above some of MY wish list - what about yours?

If you try to limit yourself to 2 to 3 items for your Stocking, that would be good, and I will try to collate them, over time.

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Now here's one Clem Lefebvre (Linux Mint Project Leader), and other Devs, might take notice of.

Background:

I subscribe to LXF (Linux Format magazine, a UK production) and they have a cover DVD with each issue, containing, amongst other goodies, two to four Linux Distros. Six months ago, as they do occasionally, they featured a remix. This is where they take a Distro that may have been out for a few months, and update it with the latest patches and fixes. In this instance it was Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet. Very handy.

Now I just installed, on 12/12, Linux Mint Mate 17.03 Rosa, which along with its sibling Mate version, had just been released 4th December, 7-8 days earlier.

Had a bad connection that day, and so it took me another 35-40 minutes before I could get into using the Distro. Rather silly, I thought.

My Wish:

Would it be so difficult for the Devs, last thing before they release a Distro, to run an apt-get update && apt-get upgrade, on the packages contained therein ... and THEN release it? Would save Users a lot of hassle.

I would like to identify what you would LIKE to have in a Linux Distribution, that you don't already have, in the one, or ones that you use

1. I like Gparted to be pre-installed. One of the things that drives me up the wall is that distros like Ubuntu will pre-install it for use on the live-DVD, but then it get's uninstalled during the installation process, leaving you with Gnome Disk Utility (aka Disks) instead.
2. I hate it when distros (eg: Ubuntu) require an internet connection to install on UEFI machines, because the grub UEFI packages aren't included on the disc. I haven't tried the most recent Ubuntu release so perhaps this has been resolved, but I know that in 14.04 and earlier this is a problem. Without an internet connection you cannot install on UEFI machines (at least not in UEFI mode), and to me, that is a huge deal.
3. I like Gedit to be pre-installed. Yes there are other text-editors available, but Gedit seems the best to me.

EDIT: I've just noticed you said "pee" not "pea", but since the mistake is funny, I've not edited it out.